O2 UK confirms Samsung Galaxy for July Release

[cruz]

Finally!

O2 confirms Samsung i7500 Galaxy Android phone for UK | News | TechRadar UK

 

[Mansn]

You mean August - right?

The new phone, which first appeared in the July issue of the network's catalogue under the 'coming soon' section, will be hitting the shops in August.

 

[cruz]

You mean August - right?

lol, they changed it. It definitely said "will be hitting the shops in July", when i first read it. Maybe they have a bit more info on it now though.

 

[KlaymenDK]

What I think is happening, not only at O2/UK but at several telcos, is that they are gauging the amount of hype and are awaiting sufficient stockpiles to meet demand before even starting to sell the phone.

I mean, if Samsung would ship them in small batches as they make them, it would seem like a trickle of users, even if the phones have a zero-day shelf life.
On the other hand, if they wait until they have a trillion of them in stock, and then ship to every telco store on the planet, then the released pressure of users pining for them will make a big splash.